Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
branch
classifier for sticks, rods, pencils, flowers etc
limbs
to branch off
to sweep
to clear away
to raid
to disrupt
to attack
all
disappointed
to sketch
to sweep across
to move quickly left and right
to round off
to sweep the tomb
a broom
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
tried; experienced; encountered before
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
to slip
to slide
smooth
slippery
cunning
polished
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb